If you have a dusty bottle
of vodka at home for long and it is not to
your liking, or you just received one as a gift and you don't
know what to do with it, you can enjoy these options to make the
best of it.

In our series of the most relevant cocktails, today it is the
turn of Sex on the Beach, which has already become a refreshing
classic that evokes the summer. It was born in Miami in
the 80s and gradually has spread to different countries.
It's one of the cocktails with more variations, though is based on vodka, but we can
add different flavours of
juices and other
spirits.

The Gibson cocktail is not a common one. The
story of its creation is a bit contradictory because there are
three different versions, all of them plausible. The cocktail
Gibson has a curious flavor thanks to the onion that is
introduced at the end of the preparation.

The Cocktail Gimlet is made with Gin (usually a Dry
Gin, like Diplôme Dry Gin)
and with neutral type of Vodka like the famous Smirnoff Red
Label. Its name means "barrier" and has been associated with
tools of drilling small holes. This cocktail is considered to be
a ?barrier? because it penetrates every person who decides to try
it.

Vodka is one of the
spirits of Russian origin (its name literally means ?little water
"), similar in its production to other high strength spirit. But
it is unique in two things: in its most classic versions, it has
absolutely no flavor nor odor.

For those who want new, strong, explosive
flavors and always in small doses, there are some
spirits with strong personalities. Today we present the After Shock, which
for those who have not heard about it, it is a strong alcoholic
drink that something have a different flavors (hence the name).
Of course, it tastes cinnamon and pepper, which causes still more
bitter taste.

The caipirinha is one of the quintessential summer drinks: both
lemon caipirinha and lime caipirinha or even the new sensation,
strawberry caipirinha, transmit us the pleasure of the
fruit, intensified by the sensual alcohol touch that only a good
cachaça from Brazil can give us.

But what cachaça should we chose to make the best
homemade caipirinha? At Uvinum we show you the...